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geniculoextrastriate

geniculoextrastriate adjective: relating to the geniculate nucleus and the extrastriate cortex.

Adjective

geniculoextrastriate (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the geniculate nucleus and the extrastriate cortex.
    • Moreover, there is evidence that the pathways which are proposed as processing spatial properties in blindsight—the geniculoextrastriate visual pathway and collicular pathways—also process (chromatic or achromatic) color.2007 April 27, Peter W. Ross, “Common sense about qualities and senses”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 138, number 3, →DOI

Origin of geniculoextrastriate

From geniculo- + extrastriate.

Questions about geniculoextrastriate

What does geniculoextrastriate mean?
Geniculoextrastriate means relating to the geniculate nucleus and the extrastriate cortex.
What part of speech is geniculoextrastriate?
Geniculoextrastriate is an adjective.

Words near geniculoextrastriate in the dictionary

  1. geniculatoside
  2. geniculo-
  3. geniculocalcarine
  4. geniculocalcerine
  5. geniculocortical
  6. geniculoextrastriate
  7. geniculohypothalamic
  8. geniculorecipient
  9. geniculostriate
  10. geniculostriate pathway
  11. geniculostriate pathways

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